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The amount 'scoopod in was s64.
Roy. c. Stone ate oysters with an
increasing appetite.
II was remarked that .he walters
we're the prettlest girls present.
There Was slight sprinkling OF
red-eye' noticeable, but not enough
to disturb the tranquil surface Of az
fairs.
MIN Fletcher, OF Mononpalia
county, was the lucky boy and got
the guess cake.
Miss Lena Wright, Of Independ-
ence, came down Saturday to attend
the festival.
Ross Duncan, Harvey Smith, Holly
and Luther Brown and Clark Smith,
Of Halleck, accompanied by Misses
Leah and Ida Loar and Miss Louie
Smith took IN the commotlon here
Saturday Holly and Luther Brown
remained over Sunday with David
linn and the remainder OF the crowd
spent Sunday at J. S. Loar's.
Mrs. Matte Cobun, Of Masontown,
Misses Joliffe and 5elby, Of Monon-
gala county, and others, gaveethe
crowd a treat in the way Of fine in
strumental music.
The fancy table was a beauty and
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AS USUAL the President uses very
few words in his proclamation but
they are to the point.
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OUR LOCAL NEWSLETTERS.
TIE NEWS FROM All 0U1RTERS OF
PRESTON COUNTY
REEDSVILLE.

Miss Jennie Jolife, bonnie black
eyed beauty of MorgantOwn, was the
guest of her friend, Miss Ida Gusc-
man, last Sunday.
Miss Jennie Loar left here for
Grange Hall, Union district, last Sun.
day and entered upon her duties as
'skule marin at that place on Mon
day. At the close of the term there
Miss Jennie will teach the Piainview
school in this district.
John Strahan, of Long Hollow will
teach the Shutdown school.
Tom Loar was over at Terra Alta
and Aurora the first Of the week and
had a mammoth time with his best
girl at Terra Alta-sO we hear.
The festival, Saturday, was grand
success; although the morniog was
uncomfortably cool, a good crowd had
assembled by noon, and after partak
ing Of dinner WAS ready for the
opening Of the singing convention.
From some cause the classes were
divided and did not turn out com
plete. therefore all the parts Of classes
'jined' and had a general sing which
everyone enjoyed.
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Telegram-herald., 1887-06-19

departure that knocks them all An extra
quality White Shirt all aunded for 80 This
be the others ask As and 80 unauned
We have laundry and aodto do this have
already sold hundreds of of these shirts There other
shirt in the market that approach it.
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The Last Battle.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Comrade f.
VI. Riddle, Sd Ind. battery, Blue Rapids, Kan,
claims the capture Of Fort Blakely on April 8,
1865, as the last battle OF the rebellion. and
ends by saying: " ! have never vet seen man
who claimed witnessing battle later than this
one OF April 9, 1885" COmrade Riddle has not
seen me, and / doubt If he has ever seen any OF
wilson's cavalry, or he would not think OF
making such a claim.
On the l4th Of April. 1855, rs we passed
through the town OF Tuskegee, Ala, Capt.
Stewart and 10 men were detailed from Co. L.,
LIST Wis. Cav, TO 60 to the right South of tue
main road 10 Colufnbus, Ga, to collect extra
horses and mules for the use of the regiment.
On the same morning our brigade under COM
mand OF Col. o. III. LaGrange. was sent to the
LETT with orders to proceed to West Point, Ga,
and attack that place st the same time the at
tack would be made on Columbus by Wilson
with his main column.
These arrangements were carried out 10 the
letter IN the afternoon Of the 18th Of April 1862
and Capt. J. ii. Stewart, with his squad Of 10
men, after performing the duty assigned him
on the ltth, being unable to follow and over
take our brigade on their forced march 10 West
Point, had tho privilege OF witnessing the bat
tie OF Columbus, Ga, as spectators from a high
elevation to the southwest of that city on the
Alabama side Of the river. / being one Of Capt.
stewards party, now lay claim 10 having Wit
messed the last battle Of the war, fought a.
Columbus, Ga, on the afternoon OF the 10th and
early morning Of the 18th of April, 1865. Why
do not some Of Wilson's men write up that raid,
one OF the grandest Of the war?-W. II. BAR
GER, 20. l., lst Wis. Cav, Hebron, Neb.
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what Gen. sheridan said.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: C0mrade Por.
ter, 18th Vt, pretends to give what Sheridan
said Of the position Of affairs at Cedar Creek
when he reached the field. What Sheridan did
say in bis report and what cOmrade Porter saws
be said are two different things. This is what
he did say:
On arriving at the front found Merritt's and
Custer Divisions Of cavalry, under Torbert and
Gen. Getty's Division, Of the sixth Corps opposing
the enemy. 1 suggested to Gen. Wright that we
would Fight on Getty's line, and to transfer Custer
70 the right at once. as he CGster and Merits nom
being on the right In the morning had been trans
ferred to the left that the remaining two divisions
OF the Sixth Corps, which were 20 the right and
rear OF Getty about two miles. should be ordered
up, and also that the Nineteenth Corps which was
on the right and rear Of those two divisions should
De fastened up, before the enemy attacked Getty.
l5heridan's Report in Moore's Rebellion Record
Vol. o.
Comrads Porter interpolates into the report the
words being the only troops that had continu-
ously confronted him since the first attack after
reference to the cavalry and Getty's Division
omits several sentences Of Importance bearing
on Sheridan's opinion Of Wright's generalship,
and also omits the words Fright and " from
the position of the Nineteenth Corps, convey
ing the idea that the Nineteenth Corps was
in safe position in the rear Of these two di-
visions Of the Sixth Corps. While on reports,
ask attention to the following extract from
Sheridan's report OF this battle: I am pleased
TO be able to state that the strength of the Sixth
and NiReteenth Corps and Cr00Rs command was
now being rapidly augmented by the return
OF those who had gone to the rear early in the
day" The italics are mine.-H. A. TRIP
18th Me- Blue Hill Me.
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No Doubt 1t was a Hard Flight.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / have read
with much interest Comrade Dihel's criticism
on Col. Fred Grants account of the battle of
Champion Hills, Miss. / was a member of Co.
A. 34th Ind, under " Pap" MeGinnis, and can
verify Comrade DihePs account as being correct.
After expanding our 100 rounds of ammunition,
we were getting the worst of the bargain. Our
men were being fearfully slaughtered. and
while we were replenishing our cartridge boxes,
Gen. Logan, seeing the situation, brought up a
part OF his corps and they went right through
our line to the front just as the whole rebel
line gave way. 1t was the 18th Ind that took
the battery to our left and it lost heavily,
getting in such close quarters that il could not
wait to load, but the men took their short guns
by the muzzle, and as with clubs they knocked
the rebels in the head from around the guns.
From the number Of Union troops actually en-
gagged, and the number of killed and wounded.
as compared with the strength and losses of
the rebels, consider that Que Of the hardest
battles fought during the war;. w. KENAGY,
Sergeant, Co. A, 3ith Ind, HoskinS, Oak.
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From Four to sixty-FOur.

A visitor to a school examination in Athens
or Rome on day in the year A. ID. might
have heard the question asked by the teacher
" How many elements are there in nature u
and the scholars answer, as found in the books
would have been, Four-earth, air, fire and
water" That answer was as far as science had
reached at that time, but diligent research,
prosecuted in the intervening ages, has given
to the scholar of to-day different answer. A
visitor to a school in London OF Paris or Phila-
delphia would hear the same question replied
to 6y modern scholar with Sixty-four! y
One of the most interesting discoveries made
in modern times by delivers into the mysteries
Of nature is that of Compound Oxygen" Drs.
STARKEY & PALEN, ofPhiladelphia, the physi-
clans who have been for years treating their
patients with this remedy, are glad to satisfy
the curious in regard to it. and will mail free
to any applicant copy Of their brochure of
nearly 200 pages, entitled " Compound Oxygen,
its Mode Of Action and Results.
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CHAMPION HILLS.
The sth III. Rises to Speak About the s-Gun Bs,
tery.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / wish to
throw a dose of canister into the ranks Of the
comrades Of the 32d Ohio who are claiming so
much for their regiment at the battle of
Champion Hills. fear that thcy-that is, the
ones that are doing the lighting them over 4"
again-must have been a little to the rear il
they are writing abont the 6-gun battery on
the left of the rebel line.
The Third Brigade, Third Division, Seven
teenth Corps, during the campaigns around
and during the siege of Vicksburg was COM
posed of the sth and Slst ILL.,, 7th Mo. aud ed
Ohio. When we came upon the line of battle
at Champion Hills the Sth ILL., was detached
from the brigade and sent to the right Of our
line with orders TO flank and charge the bat
terry, which was done in good style, Lieut. Col.
S;urgis leading the charge. When the boys of
the 6th raised the yell at the edge of the tim
Der in the valley below, the six guns were
turned about and dOuble-shotted with canister.
IL was hot but :" get there" we would and did -.
The brave men at the battery stood to their
work until the last one Of them was shot down.
When we gained the hill we passed the bat
terry, crossed the road and the field, but did not
go far until we saw the entire rebel line falling
back toward u.s. and we had to retrace our
tracks, taking with us between 800 and 400
prisoners. When we returned to the battery
the 124th III. had just gained the top of the
bill. The boys eff the 10th might have
thought that they were the first to reach the
battery, but we beg TO differ with them, for we
know that we were the first to get there.
Comrade Hays says that the battery was
turned over to the Sd Ohio. That is news to
me, and perhaps to most Of the brigade. BOYS,
give il to US straight or we will have to tell
the part that we took in other engagements
the honor Of which is claimed by others. If
memory serves me right we were at the battle
OF Raymond, Miss, but have never heard the
regiment mentioned as taking n part in that
skirmish, where the company of which was
member lost over so per cent. of its fighting
force. If there are any of the 9Th III. still an
swering 10 roll-call on earth, would like to
hear from them. Wake up and tell Us some-
thing about the cold and hot time we had at
Fort Donelson in February, 1862, where the
regiment, with the 1Ith ILL.,, lost considerably
over so per cent. in killed and wounded.-A. j.
FLoREY, Co. A, 9Th ILL.,, Eagle Point. Ore.
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The FIghtlns AZ a-ttrrburr.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE; According 10
the Official statement given by w. H. Balch,
the duration OF the second days battle at Get
tysburg was four and a half hours On the Fed
eral left and four hours on the Federal right.
or a total Of eight and half hours The third
days Sighting, by the same authority, Is said TO
have lasted ~ hours. / do not wish 10 be
slaughtered by a dozen or two cOmraaes who
were there and saw all things,-for be II
known j was not there,-but / nevertheless
believe from what j have read Of the battle
that the second day was far more severe than
either the FIRST or third
First more troops were actually engaged on
the second day. Second, the losses on the
Union side greater. Third, the four hours of
Ewelfs attack on the Federal right was In
severity equal 20 Pickett's charge on the third
day. Fourth, the historic charge Of the Louisi-
ana Tigers was equally grand, aud accomplished
just az much as Pickctts charge did, so far as
the general results were concerned. Fifth,
Londstrcct' 8 whole corps except Pickett's Divis.
ion, was engaged on the second day, supported
by A. i. Hills Corps aud drove sickles's Third
Corps from the field, and but for the timely
arrival Of Sykcs's lFifth) Corps would have
turned Meades left. Sixth, nearly IL not quite
three hours OF the third days fighting was by
artillery alone, the casualties of which are far
less than when infantry is engaged. am.
from the foregoing reasons altogether per-
suaood that the heaviest fighting al Geitys.
burg was done on the second day, and but for
the fall OF Vicksburg, Miss, at about the same
time, July T. 1863, the battle of Gettysburg
would not have been any more decisive In It's
results than the battle OF Autietam, nor the
benefits 20 The Union cause any greater
CHAs. A. {. LEAR, Port Kennedy, Pa
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Caught in q Trap.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: While we
were lying at Camp Benton, Md, in the Fall
OF lool, q number of the officers were boarding
at house on a plantation near camp. had a
strong appetite Tor the feathered tribe, aud made
contract with three comrades one stormy
night to run the guard aud steal some chickens
we managed 70 clude the guards and made for
the nearest plantation. We found the chickens
were In small Enclosure made of round logs
leaving small entrance for the fowls to mass
In ana out. The main entrance being securely
locked, we were afraid To break the lock- as it
was so near the house. We went To fence cot
some rails, and pried up one side Of It. being
the slimmest man in the party, il fell on me to
crawl under and hand ont the chickens. /
worked with great caution to get them By the
neck, so they would not "squawk" / had
handed out four or We when made miss grab
ana one made terrible noise. To my horror
the boys let 90 Of the log which let down the
SIDE, penning me In like a skunk in a trap
some one came out of the house and thought
my doom was scaled. but after while all was
still. There was nothing but a ground floor,
and that was in bad condition to undertake to
dig out OF, especially when l had nothing TO
dig with except my hands. 1 would have given
months wages for spoon TO dig my way out.
while was pondering over my situation I
heard whisper Bill, Bill" i said, Is that
you, boys2 For heavens sake pry up this coop
and let me out" They did so and made my
escape, after first handing out some more chick
ens.-W. L. SEARLs, Jackson, Mich.
1t outrivals all-Dr. Sages Catarrh Remedy.
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Patterson advanced into my Maryland" and
at an early day crossed into Dixie Our vigil
ceased az Dam No. 8 for the time being but
was resumed again for short periol in the
Fall Of 1861. This time our boys were relieved
by Col Leonard, OF the 10th or 18th Mass and
We were never again called upon to defend tho
border
Many Of the brave boys who were with the
writer in those early days upon the Potomac
afterward enlisted in the Union army, and did
VALIANT SERVICE
for the old flag. Some Of them fell at Chan
cellorsyille, some az Gettysburg and others in
the gloon Of the Wilderness. 4 feel pride in
the part ] took ia these early border struggles
They were The very lrst on the Potomac COM
ing soon after Sumter and the Baltimore riot,
and they have never received that honorable
mention in history that they are so justly
entitled 10. We were all volunteers who as
soon as we saw a chance 20 serve our country
did SO, and did what we did from pure and
loyal motive, without hope OF honor or pay.
don't think il would be any more than right
aud just that the Government should obtain all
facts in regard TO these two engagements, not
on account Of their magnitude, but from their
having taken place so very carly In the great
rebellion-SIETH CORPS.
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was He Telling the Truth D

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: read com.
munication from T. Fl. Merry, Co. L, 2d MISS
Cav, California Battalion, giving what he knew
of the battle Of Cedar Creek / don't propose
to criticize the action Of any troops engaged on
that day, but will tell You Of fact, vouched fol
by resident Of the Valley, and who served in
Moore's Cavalry on the Confederate side. In
the year 1872, think it was, was chief officer
of an American bark loading guano at the port
of Pabilon de Plea, in Peru, and became ac-
quainted with the gentleman above referred to-
who assured me he was well acquainted with
the lady who obtained the countersign from one
of our (Union) officers. and carried it through
the lines early that evening, thereby giving
the rebels the opportunity of relieving the in
fantry picket-line on our left. I understood
from him that the relieving regiment was
dressed in Union blue.-CHAs. O. WEIGH. Co.
M, 2d Mass. Cav, California Battalion, Salem,
Mass
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GEN. NELSON'S DEATH.
The Story OF the Unfortunate Affair Told by
Comrade Who Was There. -

tomrade VINO was There.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Gen. jeff G
Davis reported 10 Gen. Nelson at Louisville
that he had the brigade assigned TO his COM
mand ready for service, and wanted to know
if he could get arms for them.
Nelson asked, How many men have you ?D
Davis replied, About $500, sir"
About 2, 500!" answered Nelson. "You a
Regular officer, and report about the number
of men In your command! You should report
the exact number, siri"
But, General replied Davis. 81 didn't ex-
pect TO get the arms now l only wanted to
know If i could get them, and when, aud hav-
ing learned that would ascertain the exact
number and draw accordingly"
About $500" said Nelson. 81 suspend you
from your command, and order you 20 report
Immediately to.Gen. Wright"
Subsequently they again met at the Gait
House, when Gen. Davis asked an explanation,
and remarked: Gen. Nelson, am General
officer, and as such l wish to he treated"
Nelson replied, You do not deserve 1t, sir,
when you are ignorant of tho number of your
men,"
"But, General, wish an explanation-I de-
mand it," persisted Davis.
Nelson replied, " You've got all you deserve,
you puppy !" at the same time slapping Davis
in the face, while he continued his abuse.
The blow and the language were too much
for the spirited nature Of Davis He immedi-
stely turned to q friend, borrowed pistol, and
stepping up to his superior babe him defend
himself As Nelson turned he fired, the ball
passing through Nelson's body, and causing
almost instant death.
Nelson was brave soldier, but he had an
irritable temper. Ii is an old adage that /" He
who would govern Others, must first learn to
govern himself" Had Nelson adopted this
principle in early life, he might still have been
doing honor to himself and service to his
country.
Gen. Davis was arrested, but was released
and restored 20 his command. He was the first
Colonel Of the 22d Ind, and afterward a promi-
nent General in the Army Of the Cumberland.
y. c. BEREsFoRD. Co. K, I'd Ohio, Mitchelps,
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Florida, aThe Land OF FIor.r, /.

is paradise for the invalid, and the "Fount-
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many consumptives, who find benefit In her
genial warmth and fragrant flowers. The con.
sumPtive Invalid need not necessarily 90 "A
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not In the last stages Of the disease. DIR. r. v
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will re.
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bronchial and lung diseases 1t is most reliable
specific BY druggists.
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To introduce them we viii give away 1000
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IL you want one send your name at once To
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CURE FOR TILE nrAr

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Lost and FOUND.

Frank Mcclure, Murfreesboro, Tenn, has a
sword on which IS engraved the name of r,
Vain, Co. A, LIST Ohio Cav. The owner nav
have it by addressing +. Bowen Tor Bower),
Tifin, D.
III. L. Woods. Co. 3, 81 KY, would be glad to
receive letters from any of his old comrades.
the writer lost his discharge in the Summer of
1867 near Macomb, ILL.,, aud he will pay a lib
erai reward for its return. He has in his pos
session the discharge of franklin Z. Davis, Co.
ID, 123d Ind.
E. ID. Gray, Co. +. 1lth Ind Cav, Blooming
ton, Ind, says that when he was discharged at
indianapolis Oct. 2, 1866, being sick, he left
fine cavalry saber hanging to the rafters of
the barracks at Camp Darlington. The saber
was present from his Captain, John III. Linday,
and he offers 50 for it's return.
Cyrus Seller, Box S37, Goshen, Ind. has a
Twentieth Corps badge and silver star bearing
the inscription, +. Beck, Co. d. 147th 2. w
The badge was handed him by an ex-Confeder-
ate named Geo. w. Day, of Co. ID, 18th Va, into
whose possession it came during the war He
gave it TO the writer to be returned to the
owner.
III. w. Prescott, 1st Me. battery, Mapleton.
OAK, says that just before starting on the first
Red River expedition he left at Berwick's Bay,
La, small writing box containing several ar
ticles. The one he most highly priced was an
ambrotype of his father about so years of age.
He would be grateful for its return He would
like TO correspond with some eomrade in North
ern or Central California.
Valentine Nye, Co. !, 18th Ind Cav, Tyner
City, Ind. has the discharge of John Vough-
land, Co. ID, 18th Ind. Cav.
J. III. Pigman. Co. +, ID KY, Frinkland, Iowa,
says that in 1865 there was sent to him by mail
from his home in Burlington, o., to Baltimore,
Md, silver medal in the shape of Maltese
cross, engraved nearly as follows: Presented
to ]. III. Pigman by Col. Thos. ID. Sedgwick, I'd
Ky. Inf, for meritorious services" He never
received the package, and ii any comrade
knows anything of it the writer viii be under
many obligations for its return.
E. S. Davis, Danbury, Conn.,, has Testament
that was taken from the knapsaek of Geo. B.
Williams, Co. b, 6Sth Pa, at the battle before
Petersburg, April 8, 1866. A bullet went
through the Testament and lodged in fold of
his blanket. The writer would be glad to re-
store it to him or his friendA
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